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The newsletter archive.

The Sunday newsletter has wrapped up, but the past issues live on here for reference. For current writing on tech, money, privacy, and on device AI, the blog updates far more often.

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Past issues

Issue 06 Sunday June 28, 2026

Sanders takes on Cook, and Apple reshuffles its chip map

This week, Bernie Sanders blasted Tim Cook over Apple's price hikes, calling them corporate greed, while Cook called them unavoidable. And today's Power On revealed a real shake up to the Mac roadmap, the M6 Pro, Max, and Ultra are scrapped for a jump to M7, plus an M5 Ultra Mac Studio and a touchscreen MacBook Pro on M5. My honest take on both, and where the rest of my writing lives.

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Issue 05 Sunday June 21, 2026

Beta 2 lands, and Apple maps out the next two years

In today's Power On, Gurman laid out roughly 20 Apple products coming through 2027, the home hub, a foldable iPhone Ultra, a touch screen MacBook Ultra, and argued the incoming CEO needs to shake up design. Plus iOS 27 beta 2 is expected tomorrow, a tester's note, the new daily blog, and Renewl is live.

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Issue 04 Sunday June 14, 2026

Siri actually showed up

One week into the iOS 27 beta, the rebuilt Siri is real, gated behind a waitlist and a beta label but genuinely good. Plus the beta calendar, a note for fellow testers, a quick market recap, and what is coming out of the studio, Renewl, VitalCast, FlickDrop, and Talewright.

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Issue 03 Sunday June 7, 2026

Thank you, Steady is live, and tomorrow Apple rebuilds Siri

A thank you to everyone who has supported this studio, the launch of Steady, our seventh app, live today, and the night before the biggest WWDC in years, Tim Cook's last keynote as CEO and a Siri rebuilt from scratch. Plus highlights from today's Power On.

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Issue 02 Sunday May 31, 2026

Apple is about to argue AI belongs on your phone

Eight days out from WWDC, Apple plans to make on device AI its headline, and the Private Cloud Compute story has quietly changed. Plus the Siri reveal that already leaked, a camera app that strips the AI out, and six studio apps now live.

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Issue 01 Sunday May 24, 2026

The week before WWDC

Apple's accessibility update is bigger than the headlines say, what to watch for at WWDC, one app worth ten minutes, and what's coming out of the studio.

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